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Family Affair: How Cross-Straits Ties Have Grown in The

Sunday, November 8, 2015 DAILY

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Behind us is history stretching for 60 years. Now We are brothers connected by flesh even if before our eyes there are fruits of conciliation our bones are broken, we are a family whose instead of confrontation.” — Ma Ying-jeou blood is thicker than water.” —

The Standing Committee of the National People’s Former SEF chairman Koo Chen-fu holds his second Congress issues a meeting with then-ARATS chairman Daohan and message to meets former president during his six-day declaring the Chinese visit to and . government’s position regarding peaceful Former Taiwan leader Lee Teng-hui settlement of the Taiwan puts forward the infamous “two question. states” theory in which he defines The Association cross-Straits relations as a for Relations “state-to-state or special Across the state-to-state relationship”. Taiwan Straits Former NPC Standing and the Straits Committee chairman Ye Exchange Former ARATS chairman Wang Daohan (left) and former SEF Chen Shui-bian from Jianying issues a Foundation reach statement further chairman Koo Chen-fu hold a historic meeting in . the “pro-independence” an informal Democratic Progressive elaborating on the agreement that policy and principles for Party comes into “the two sides of power, ending the the settlement of the the Straits Former general secretary of the Central Taiwan question. ’s 51-year adhere to the Committee of the Communist Party of China rule of the island. Taiwan authorities allow Taiwan one-China and president Jiang Zemin puts forward eight people to visit their relatives on principle.” It is propositions on the development of relations the mainland, ending 38 years of the “1992 between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits isolation across the Taiwan Straits. Consensus”. and the peaceful reunification of China.

January September 1987 1992 April January October July May 1979 1981 1993 1995 1998 1999 2000 FAMILY AFFAIR A look at how ties across the Taiwan Straits have grown in the past three decades

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Xi Jinping meets Ma • James Soong, • The mainland- • Cross-Straits weekend charter The Economic Coopera- Xi Jinping, Yuan Yuan, a Ying-jeou in Singapore, Former chairman of the based Association flights begin. Eleven airlines — tion Framework Agree- general panda the main- marking the first meeting president Hu People First Party for Relations six from the mainland and five ment, a comprehensive secretary of land donated to between leaders of the Jintao puts in Taiwan, visits Across the Taiwan from Taiwan — operate 144 cross-Straits economic the CPC Taiwan, gives birth two sides in more than forward a the mainland. Straits and the cross-Straits return-trip flights. pact, was signed to Central to its first baby. six decades. Xi says the four-point Taiwan-based reduce taris and Committee, Chinese mainland and guideline on (left), former chair- • Former president Straits Exchange commercial barriers meets Lien Communist Taiwan are at the cross- the develop- man of the Kuomintang, leads a meets Wu Po-hsiung, then- Foundation restart between the two sides. Chan, Party of China roads for choosing the ment of delegation to the mainland to direction and path for chairman of the KMT, in Beijing. talks in Beijing honorary chief Xi cross-Straits meet with then-president Hu future development in Hu urges the mainland’s ARATS after a nine-year chairman of Jinping meets relations. Jintao. It is the first time that cross-Straits relations. and the Taiwan-based SEF to suspension. the KMT, in Kuomintang the top leaders of the Commu- resume talks as soon as The first group of individual tourists Beijing. It is Honorary nist Party of China and the KMT • Two pandas, Tuan Tuan swimmers, 50 possible. • ARATS and SEF 100 from the mainland visit Taiwan. the first time Chairman Wu have had a dialogue in the past and Yuan Yuan, are each from the mainland The first batch of students from resumes talks in Previously, tourists were only allowed that Xi has Po-hsiung in six decades. donated to Taiwan by and Taiwan, swim across the mainland graduate in Taiwan. Beijing after nine to travel in groups. met a Taiwan Beijing. mainland authorities. the Straits from , years. The bodies, delegation Fujian province, to Xi Jinping meets visiting Kuomintang channels for since • people join the first • Direct shipping, air in Taiwan. Chairman Eric Chu in Beijing. high-level cross- 760 becoming tourist group from the mainland transport and postal Straits dialogue, CPC chief in to Taiwan since 1949. services between the Hundreds of students Xi Jinping, halted talks in 1999 November mainland and Taiwan stormed Taiwan’s general due to the Taiwan 2012. were formally launched. legislative chamber to secretary of authorities’ “pro- protest a cross-Straits the Communist independence” service trade pact. The Party of China activities. protest lasted for Central weeks until the pact Committee, was sent to the meets Taiwan’s island’s “legislative People First Party Chair- chamber” for detailed , chief of the State man James review. Council Taiwan Aairs Oce, Soong. pays a four-day visit to Taiwan.

Exports from the mainland to Taiwan Year-on-year change of exports from FDI from Taiwan to the mainland FDI from the mainland to Taiwan Imports from Taiwan to the mainland Year-on-year change of imports from Taiwan Visits fromTaiwan to mainland Visits from mainland to Taiwan ($ billion) the mainland to Taiwan (%) ($ million) ($ million) ($ billion) to the mainland (%) (million) (million)

50 50 200 40 46 44.8 35 6 200 184 6 40 40 3,000 2,847 177 157 5.26 5.34 5.37 152 30 5.14 5.16 40 37 2,476 150 5 5 35 150 4.48 30 25.3 2,136 2,088 4.36 2,152 1,899 2,183 116 4 4.04 2,018 113 132 18.5 4 22.2 2,000 1,881 101 103 125 20 16.6 33 20 18.3 1,774 100 100 15.3 16 30 26 87 3 2.92 13.1 13.9 104 3 2.63 23 29 10.3 10.5 10 Jan 85 7.9 21 - 50 10 Jan 2 1.85 4.8 Sept 75 5.8 - 2 1.66 20 1,000 17 50 ’15 11 2.3 Sept 0.99 20 0 0.04 ’14 ’15 1 ’05 ’06 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 0 0 1 16 -2.8 -0.03 ’05 ’06 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 0.28 -0.05 0 10 -10 -0.06 0 -2.8 0 ’05 ’06 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 0 -50 ’05 ’06 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 Jan ’05 ’06 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’06 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 -10 -6.3 - Jan Sept -20 - -20.8 Sept Source: Wind Photos by AFP and provided to China Daily -17 TIAN CHI AND FENG XIUXIA / CHINA DAILY

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